Today In History

May 4, 1989 — Mary H. Long of Luray has retired after 32 years as a nurse at Page Memorial Hospital. A licensed practical nurse, Mrs. Long’s experience was mainly on the medical surgical unit. […]

May 3, 1990 — Shenandoah voters Tuesday elected Clinton O. Lucas Jr. as the mayor in a tight race. A newcomer and two incumbents were elected to Shenandoah’s council in a better than usual 48 […]

May 2, 1889 — French Twyman, who has been in the county jail for some weeks, tiring of this retirement from his ordinary pleasures and pursuits, made a strike for liberty last Friday night. About […]

May 1, 1986 — A Route 3, Luray women escaped injury Monday evening when a bullet from a high-powered rifle passed through the roof of her house, bounced off the floor and grazed her head. […]

April 30, 1987 — When Sandra Collier calls auctions, it’s anything but tongue- in-cheek business. “A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk,” sing-singed Mrs. […]

April 29, 1965 — A marauding black bear was shot to death at the Page Valley Estates last Thursday after a raid on property in the area. The fatal shot was delivered by Joe Sottosanti […]